Melissa Surname
Approximately 5,804 people bear this surname
Melissa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,733 | 1:7,843 | 1,090 |
| United States | 1,723 | 1:210,365 | 20,571 |
| Australia | 381 | 1:70,855 | 8,377 |
| Indonesia | 344 | 1:384,445 | 32,798 |
| Italy | 283 | 1:216,101 | 30,444 |
| Greece | 131 | 1:84,579 | 14,285 |
| Brazil | 106 | 1:2,019,569 | 64,017 |
| Russia | 93 | 1:1,549,710 | 104,953 |
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 |
| New Zealand | 86 | 1:52,655 | 8,408 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Dominican Republic | 77 | 1:135,493 | 5,426 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Malaysia | 55 | 1:536,259 | 26,457 |
| Germany | 46 | 1:1,750,119 | 100,509 |
| Thailand | 43 | 1:1,642,752 | 213,663 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Cyprus | 34 | 1:26,026 | 2,877 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| China | 21 | 1:65,110,551 | 3,537 |
| Netherlands | 20 | 1:844,359 | 60,801 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| Yemen | 11 | 1:2,402,299 | 14,089 |
| Guatemala | 11 | 1:1,462,061 | 5,661 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Argentina | 11 | 1:3,885,765 | 145,016 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1:1,469,407 | 5,474 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nicaragua | 2 | 1:3,010,545 | 7,383 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
The alternate forms: Mélissa (9) & Mèlissa (1) are calculated separately.
Melissa (1,420,034) may also be a first name.
Melissa Demographics
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Melissa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melissa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Melissa (Arabic: مليس, Marathi: मेलीसा, Russian: Мелисса) is more commonly found in Chad than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Mélissa or Mèlissa. For other potential spellings of Melissa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melissa? popularity and diffusion
Melissa is the 83,424th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,255,607 people. Melissa is mostly found in The Americas, where 36 percent of Melissa live; 31 percent live in North America and 31 percent live in Anglo-North America. Melissa is also the 533rd most frequent forename globally, held by 1,420,034 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Chad, where it is carried by 1,733 people, or 1 in 7,843. Barring Chad this surname exists in 96 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Melissa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Melissa surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Melissa last name are 7.33% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.1% registered with the political party.
The amount Melissa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 59.45% more than the national average, earning €47,883 per year; in United States they earn 15.92% less than the national average, earning $36,280 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.11% more than the national average, earning $52,720 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melissa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melissa in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलीसा | melisa | 55.56 |
| मेलीस | melisa | 14.81 |
| मोलीसा | molisa | 7.41 |
| मेली | meli | 7.41 |
| मेलेशा | melesa | 3.7 |
| मलीस | malisa | 3.7 |
| मेलीसाएरल | melisa'erala | 3.7 |
| वेलेिसया | veleisaya | 3.7 |
| Melissa in the Russian language | ||
| Мелисса | melissa | - |
| Melissa in the Arabic language | ||
| مليس | mlys | - |
| ميليساّ | mylysa | - |
| مَليسا | malysa | - |
| ميليسَّا | mylysaa | - |
| ميليسّا | mylysa | - |
| ميليسيا | mylysya | - |
| مليسّا | mlysa | - |
| مليّسا | mlysa | - |
| مليسَّا | mlysaa | - |
| ميليسا | mylysa | - |
| مليسا | mlysa | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melissa
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